Flash Flood — Santa Cruz, California

2000-02-13 to 2000-02-14 · near Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, California

Wider weather episode

Widespread rain with twenty four hour accumulations of more than 5 inches occured over the area on Feb 13 into February 14th. Urban and small stream flooding occured in nost counties of the area. Many roads including Hwy 1 and Hwy 116 were closed. Hwy 129 was closed by a mudslide in Santa Cruz County. 29 people were evacuated in Pescadero due to high waters. . A number of houses in Daly City had to be abandoned and eventually distroyed due to mudslides which were a result of the consecutive years of above average rain. Winds of more than 50 mph were recorded in Marin county and a number of trees were downed knocking out power to as many as 42,000 residents throughout the bay area. A tree blew down into one residence causing in excess of $250,000 damage. there were no deaths and only minor injuries.the russian river in sonoma county reached near flood stage but, damage was confined to low lying areas near the river such as some trailers and camping areas near forestville. Numerous traffic accidents and flight delays at SFO occurred during the storm.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5134638. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.